Legislation -
Bill Sent To Committee
(Senate)
-
July 10, 2003

Legislation -
Bill Passed
(House)
(404-17) -
July 9, 2003(Key vote)

Vote Result

Yea Votes

Nay Votes

A vote to pass a bill that would improve the quality of the teachers in every classroom by using grants to fund preparation, training, and recruitment programs for teachers.

Highlights:

Authorizing three types of teacher training grants of $300 million a year from fiscal year 2004 to fiscal year 2008.

These grants include state grants to ensure proper preparation for teachers, partnership grants to allow a collaboration of groups to train teachers, and recruitment grants to enlist high-quality teachers.

Institutions that serve minorities will be required to set up "centers of excellence" to train and recruit teachers.

Extra measures to gauge the effectiveness of the grant-funded programs will be taken, including additional reporting requirements and accountability on the part of the participating states.